Statistics, Criminal, Comparison of 1872-1914, 216 " showing committals of young offenders since 1848, 220 " prison, during the Great War, and since, 223 " " in times of industrial prosperity, 160, 226 " " decrease in recidivism, 183, 222, 229 Stipendiary Magistrates, 20 Stretton Colony for young offenders, 87 Study-leave for Medical Officers, 196 Study in prison, facilities for, 8 Summary Jurisdiction, Courts of, 20 Supervision of young offenders, 82 "Sursis," law of, 107, 112 Surveyor-General of Prisons, 66 Talking in prisons, 7 "Temporary Refuge for distressed criminals", 165 Ticket-of-leave (See also 'Licensing'), 26, 28, 33 Transportation, history of, 23 _Travaux forces_ and Hard Labour, 30 Treadwheels and cranks, 67, 77, 134, 137 Triple Division of offenders in Local Prisons, 78 Tubercular disease in prisons, 187 Uniformity of system, 66, 67, 69, 72 Unconvicted prisoners, 71, 194 Vagrancy, early history of, 142 " the Act of 1824, 20, 142 " "Begging and Sleeping-out", 143 " and Labour Colonies, 148 " Colony at Merxplas, 148 " and Way-ticket system, 150 " and Casual Wards, 144, 151 " Committee of 1906, 147 " incorrigible rogues, 143 " Previous convictions and statistics, 149, 153, 222 Van Dieman's Land, 24, 27 Visitors, Boards of, 46 Visiting Committees of Prisons &c., 32, 53, 70, 123 Wakefield Industrial Home, 166 War, criminal statistics and the, 223 " employment of prisoners, 140 " closing of prisons during, 227 Weakminded prisoners (See 'Mental Defectiveness') Whipping, 20 Works, Public, 26, 35, 131 Young Offenders, alternatives to committal to prison, 101, 109 " " at Parkhurst, 88 " " decrease in commitments to prison, 220 " " concentration of effort upon, 76, 106 " " supervision until fine is paid, 82 " " under sixteen years of age, 20, 101 (See also under "Borstal" and "Juvenile") Printed at His Majesty's Convict Prison Maidstone.